Continuation of the Observation of nitrate Levels in well Waters of Slavonia

and Baranja

Summary

It is well known that nitrates (NO3) arc an important link in the chain ofsynthesis of plant tissue. It is also known that the total production of-artificialfertilizers is around 800 000 tons per year.

As a results of the occurence of poisoning by nitrates and the occurance ofmethamoglobynemia some of the unpublished results of the observations of waterquality in the wells of some towns in Slavonia are presented in this paper.